Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '17 at 18:49
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 798 86% 685 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393); evga sc CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 211 Parallax 201 153% 200 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 181 Splatting 131 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 200GB free Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 42 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (64) Unknown 100 100 2240832 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 34 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 100 210454642730 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 92 (F2) Unknown 100 100 145 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	121% Outstanding	Read 1,088 Write 632 Mixed 761 183% 827 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 15.4 128% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 15 23% 41.7 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 159%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2401 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 442 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 431 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1376327 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C2) HDA temperature 68 63 158914707488 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4943 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3611 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8022 (F4) Unknown 100 100 21 (F5) Unknown 100 100 71 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1508608	82.7% Excellent	Read 508 Write 495 Mixed 502 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 10.9 106% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 71.7 DQ Mixed 11.1 19% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 501GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225142781 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 152486035 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1504 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295164182 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 555089953 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 22 225142781 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 98603859191452 (F1) Unknown 100 253 200436401 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3767946019	61.7% Good	Read 115 Write 100 Mixed 99.7 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.33 82% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G 32GB 269 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 82%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	193x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	234x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	73x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16